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Calculating an Individual's Consumer Surplus
An individual buyer benefits from a consumer surplus whenever their willingness to pay for an item is greater than the price paid. For the q-th consumer, who pays a price of , their surplus is the difference between their willingness to pay, , and the price: Surplus = . On a graph, this is shown as the vertical distance at quantity q between the demand curve and the price level.
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